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Curtisia faginea. ‘*Umnoiso,” ‘ Assegai wood.” (Cornacee.) 
*Kekebergia capensis, Sparrm. ‘Essen boom,” ‘‘Cape ash.” Tough ; 
used for furniture, ete. (Meliacew.) 
Elawodendron croceum, DU. ‘‘Saffron” or ‘‘Safforan” wood.  (Céelas- 
trace.) 40 to 60 feet, and 3 to 4 feet in diameter. Hard ; used for cabinet 
work, and the bark in tanning. 
*Ocotea bullata, Nees ab E. (=Oreodaphne.) ‘‘ Hard black stinkwood.” 
50 to 60 feet, and 4 to 5 feet in diameter. Almost equal to teak. (Law- 
recece. ) 
*Olea latifolia. ‘‘ Black ironwood,” ‘‘ Tamboti.” (Oleacee.) 
Phoberos Ecklonii. ‘‘ Red pear.” (Flacowrtiacee. ) 
Podocarpus pruinosus, E. M., or P. Thunbergia. ‘‘ Bastard yellow wood.” 
(Abietinew. ) 
*P. elongatus, L’Herit. ‘‘ Yellow wood,” or ‘‘ white yellow wood.” 30 to 
70 feet, and 3 to 7 feet in diameter. 
Pterocelastrus rostratus, Walp. ‘‘ White pear wood,” ‘‘ Umdogan.” 20 to 
25 feet. Heavy, durable; much used for wheel felloes. (Celastracee.) 
*Pteroxylon utile, Eckl. & Z. ‘‘Sneezewood,” ‘‘ Neishout,” ‘*‘ Umtati. 
20 to 30 feet, and 2 to 4 feet in diameter. Handsome furniture wood. (Sa- 
pindacece. ) 
Royena nitida, Thunb. ‘Black wood,” ‘‘ Zwaartbast.” 10 to 12 feet, 
and 6 to 12 inches in diameter. Hard, tongh, yellow with brown stripes. 
Fit for furniture. (benacee.) 
*Sideroxylon inerme. ‘‘Soft milkwood.” (Sapotacee.) 
*Toddalia lanceolata, Lam. (= Vepris.) ‘* White ironwood,” ‘‘ Umzim- 
biti.” (Xanthoxylacee.) White, hard wood, used for ploughs, axles, etc. 
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Water Boom, ‘“ Umstvna,” and “ Knob-thorn,’ ‘“ Unniven- 
gomabile,” and many others are undetermined. Hucalyptus and 
Casuarina are a good deal planted for fuel, and the colony cannot 
now export timber ; but there are 165,000 acres of forest occupied 
by heavy timber, besides nearly 2,000,000 acres of mimosa or thorn 
jungle. The root and bark of Hlephantoriza Burcheliii, ‘‘ Intol- 
wana,” and much black-wattle bark (Acacia mollissima), are used 
in tanning, the latter being a naturalised plant. 
Care CoLony. 
The chief forests of the colony are in the south and east. Be- 
tween Cape Town and Port Elizabeth some 150 square miles of 
forest, known as Knysna, remain under Government control. East 
of Port Elizabeth are the forests of Alexandria, Bathurst, and East 
London, near the coast ; and some 130 square miles of mountain 
forest are on the Perie and Amatola mountains north of King 
William’s Town. In the mountains of Clanwilliam are the remains 
of mighty cedar forests, Widdringtonia juniperoides still occurring 
